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harry reid has 54 democrats. from frg harry reid said he's likely to dig in and threaten to shut everything down to preserve obamacare. >> it's going to get hot. >> it is. the first thing we need is senate republicans to stand together with house republicans. i can assure you mike and i will -- >> will that happen? i don't see john mccain doing this. >> hopefully every senate republican will listen to the people. i would urge every listener, if you have signed the petition at dontfundit.com, find three friends to go sign the petition. if you haven't signed it, do it now. the next step, it is likely to go back to the house. whether we win or lose will be decided in the house of representatives. today, john boehner showed leadership. house conservatives showed leadership. mike and i will fight with every breath we have. the house will win or lose the fight. >> if they want the guys to have a spine it's up to the american people. the louder they are, the more likely they will be politically courageous. we'll be righ
harry reid has 54 democrats. from frg harry reid said he's likely to dig in and threaten to shut everything down to preserve obamacare. >> it's going to get hot. >> it is. the first thing we need is senate republicans to stand together with house republicans. i can assure you mike and i will -- >> will that happen? i don't see john mccain doing this. >> hopefully every senate republican will listen to the people. i would urge every listener, if you have signed the...
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it looks like it was harry reid 1, mitch mcconnell 0. >> how i think he is right. harry reid won. i am disappointed. i was hoping there would not be a deal and harry reid would go nuclear. i wanted him to go thermonuclear. he did this only four presidential appointees. i was hoping he would buy about a filibuster all together because republicans are likely going to have control of the senate soon. it iside argues hypocritical depending on who is in the majority and minority. there's not one person on the field who is principal about this. if you are going to drop the big one, do it. i am disappointed. i wish i had seen the leveling of the playing field. >> are you disappointed? >> i am not. the reason we got this outcome is because john mccain did the same thing as 10 years ago. he recognized the senate was about to take a serious step that could disrupt the place. andink he put party behind put comity ahead. he brought them to some resolution. he is still going to oppose nominations and nominees. but you do not have to resort to a filibuster over each nominee. they reached the ri
it looks like it was harry reid 1, mitch mcconnell 0. >> how i think he is right. harry reid won. i am disappointed. i was hoping there would not be a deal and harry reid would go nuclear. i wanted him to go thermonuclear. he did this only four presidential appointees. i was hoping he would buy about a filibuster all together because republicans are likely going to have control of the senate soon. it iside argues hypocritical depending on who is in the majority and minority. there's not...
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this time harry reid really wanted to take charge. >> harry reid wasn't happy with that deal in 2011. looking back on it, i don't think the president was very happy with it either. he didn't like the sequesters that came as a result and so i think both the president said i'm not going to do that all over again, which is why he stood firm this time. and harry reid said you know what? let me do the negotiating this time. i don't want joe biden to do it. i can get this con. harry reid is tough. he's very tough, he's very wiley. he figured out a way to get this done. if you look at the deal dana bash has been reporting we've been talking about since yesterday, it is essentially a white flag. the only thing that's in it is an anti-fraud measure on obama care which basically everybody can agree toe. >> who can oppose that? >> who can oppose that? the republicans in the house have marched themselves right over to the point of irrelevancy where effectively after two weeks of this wolf, it didn't matter what they did. we wound up with a deal that they could have had on day one. and they've los
this time harry reid really wanted to take charge. >> harry reid wasn't happy with that deal in 2011. looking back on it, i don't think the president was very happy with it either. he didn't like the sequesters that came as a result and so i think both the president said i'm not going to do that all over again, which is why he stood firm this time. and harry reid said you know what? let me do the negotiating this time. i don't want joe biden to do it. i can get this con. harry reid is...
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and i think harry reid was finally going to play tough. and so republicans said what can we get out of it to save face? they have the two appointees at the labor relations board, and harry reid was getting pulled from other groups. >> look at what the obstructionism was actually preventing. look at what the cordray vote turned out to be, 66 votes in favor. so the obstructing his nomination meant you were obstructing not just majority rule in the senate. you were obstructing the bipartisan view of two thirds of the senate. >> and you were taking a law that was duly passed by congress, and saying we're not going to let that law take effect. and i don't think we can overlook the fact that having cordray confirmed, this has really substantive effects. when people apply for credit cards, they have a substantial place in government that is going to try to keep them from getting ripped off. >> there is tonight, a wonderful consequence to the republican obstructionism, we have cordray and elizabeth warren. >> instead of in that job she couldn't ev
and i think harry reid was finally going to play tough. and so republicans said what can we get out of it to save face? they have the two appointees at the labor relations board, and harry reid was getting pulled from other groups. >> look at what the obstructionism was actually preventing. look at what the cordray vote turned out to be, 66 votes in favor. so the obstructing his nomination meant you were obstructing not just majority rule in the senate. you were obstructing the bipartisan...
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today the motion i filed, harry reid objected. if he had not objected we would have taken a government shutdown off the table. if harry reid and the president are saying unless they can force funding for obamacare, unless they can force obamacare on every american family, they are going to shut down the government. the way we stop it is standing up to them and saying, look, fund every bit of government. >> the house did that. >> the house has voted to fund government. it's harry reid who is trying to stop this, who objected today to doing that. >> all right. when you were on the program last week, you and senator lee were very, very clear that you would do everything in your power to get there. does that mean filibuster? tell me where you think this end s. i don't know if you have a crystal ball. where do you think it will end up uh? >> i'm going to use every procedural means available to me to fight this fight. >> including filibuster. >> this is a multi stage fight. >> everything including filibuster. this is a multi stage fight
today the motion i filed, harry reid objected. if he had not objected we would have taken a government shutdown off the table. if harry reid and the president are saying unless they can force funding for obamacare, unless they can force obamacare on every american family, they are going to shut down the government. the way we stop it is standing up to them and saying, look, fund every bit of government. >> the house did that. >> the house has voted to fund government. it's harry...
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they sat on harry reid's desk. every one of them was a clean bill. so you had a bill to fund the veteran's administration. >> their strategy won. >> it did. but here's why -- >> they were successful. they beat you all back. >> the question you asked harry reid about, if you could save one kid with cancer, wouldn't you want to do that? and his answer which was stunning, why would i want to do that? and then he attacked you personally. listen -- >> sorry, i'm a big girl. >> i have no doubt about thatment but you know why he attacked? because he was vulnerable. the position he was saying was unreasonable. president obama and the democrats' position throughout this was we will will not negotiate. we will not compromise. shut it all down. that's not a reasonable position. now, if senate republicans had united and supported house republicans, if we had 46 senate republicans on television every day, in the media every day making the point, why won't they fund the va? why are they holding our veterans hostage? where are they holding kids with illnesses hosta
they sat on harry reid's desk. every one of them was a clean bill. so you had a bill to fund the veteran's administration. >> their strategy won. >> it did. but here's why -- >> they were successful. they beat you all back. >> the question you asked harry reid about, if you could save one kid with cancer, wouldn't you want to do that? and his answer which was stunning, why would i want to do that? and then he attacked you personally. listen -- >> sorry, i'm a big...
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let's watch this exchange, harry reid going in with ted cruz. >> now, let me say this. we're going to have a vote about 1:00 today, and after that is over, we'll follow the rules of the senate. what my goal is, to get this to the house of representatives as quickly as possible. i think a lot of this time has been without talking about what's transpired at this point, i would hope that we could collapse the time dramatically and move forward so that the house of representatives can get what we're going to send back to them. you know, there's a possibility that they may not accept what we send them and they may want to send us something back. if we use all this time under the rules as they now exist -- >> i decide to not yield my right to the floor. i was amenable to a colloquy but the majority leader is giving a speech and given that the majority leader is not going to consent to extend the time, i have 24 minutes and so i am going to reassert my time on the floor since i have not yielded my time on the floor. >> if i could ask a consent agreement with my friend. >> is t
let's watch this exchange, harry reid going in with ted cruz. >> now, let me say this. we're going to have a vote about 1:00 today, and after that is over, we'll follow the rules of the senate. what my goal is, to get this to the house of representatives as quickly as possible. i think a lot of this time has been without talking about what's transpired at this point, i would hope that we could collapse the time dramatically and move forward so that the house of representatives can get...
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reid and every senate democrat to empower harry reid to fund obamacare. it's the friday vote that matters. this week, phone calls to the senators will make the difference. >> senator, i applaud your efforts. i'm with you. to me, that is tipping point for the country. every republican ran on this. why they are opposing you, i don't know. i appreciate you fighting the good fight. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, sean. >> up next tonight right here on "hannity" -- >> we are not going to bow to anarchists from the tea party who deny that obamacare is the law. >> from anarchists to arsonists, rhetoric against conservatives growing more desperate by the hour. when we return we'll play for you the latest liberal low blows and later taking you inside the mall of terror in kenya. plus you get to select the video of the day. option one is a priest getting feisty at photographers during a wedding. >> please, sirs, leave. please. >> where do you want us to go? >> anywhere other than here. e s. (growls) (man) that's a good look for you. (woman) that was fun. (m
reid and every senate democrat to empower harry reid to fund obamacare. it's the friday vote that matters. this week, phone calls to the senators will make the difference. >> senator, i applaud your efforts. i'm with you. to me, that is tipping point for the country. every republican ran on this. why they are opposing you, i don't know. i appreciate you fighting the good fight. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, sean. >> up next tonight right here on "hannity"...
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but harry reid can't have his cake and eat it, too, and our effort is an effort to block that, to not make it so easy for harry reid to gut the house continuing resolution. >> neil: senator mike lee, we're watching. >>> remember this guy -- certainly got the attention of this guy, who is convinced he is a far cry from this guy. in-is he? [ man ] this isn't my first career. but it might just be my favorite. [ female announcer ] welcome to the new aarp. we're ready to help you rediscover purpose and passion with programs like life reimined to inspire you and connect you, resources to help turn your goals and dreams into real possibilities. aarp, an ally for real possibilities. find new tools and ideas for work, money, health and fun at aarp.org/possibilities. >> neil: lots of stuff going on today. a live look at the united nations. within minutes the iranian president about to speak. and president obama speaking today, and despite the white house being responsive to a meeting with rouhani. >> there was no handshake today. the white house says the president was willing to shake his hand,
but harry reid can't have his cake and eat it, too, and our effort is an effort to block that, to not make it so easy for harry reid to gut the house continuing resolution. >> neil: senator mike lee, we're watching. >>> remember this guy -- certainly got the attention of this guy, who is convinced he is a far cry from this guy. in-is he? [ man ] this isn't my first career. but it might just be my favorite. [ female announcer ] welcome to the new aarp. we're ready to help you...
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reid on this because harry reid was going to give him the 15 minutes. you had a back and forth. i will ask one more and then we'll talk specifics. bob corker today, there seems to be anger at you. correct me if i'm wrong. did every senator and every congressman run on the platform they would re peel and re place obamacare? is there anyone who didn't run on that? >> as far as i know, everybody did. twice we have had vote where is all 45 republicans at the time voted against obamacare either to repeal or defund it. >> all right. so there were a lot of symbolic vote s to do that. this is the one that would do it. >> exactly right. >> i hear there are tactical differences. i asked john cornin yesterday. he said if we get elected in 2014 and control the senate then in january 2015. is that what the goal is -- those that disagree with you here? >> the tactical difference, you put uh your finger on it. the difference between wanting to take a symbolic show vote versus standing up on the continuing resolution. this is the hoet vote that4 matters. it's got to pa
reid on this because harry reid was going to give him the 15 minutes. you had a back and forth. i will ask one more and then we'll talk specifics. bob corker today, there seems to be anger at you. correct me if i'm wrong. did every senator and every congressman run on the platform they would re peel and re place obamacare? is there anyone who didn't run on that? >> as far as i know, everybody did. twice we have had vote where is all 45 republicans at the time voted against obamacare...
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we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. if you look back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it look like? >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. for district nominees, they have waited around 100 days. three times the wait time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer wait time from court approval. the difference was the senate democrats had it different strategy mixing the process up. they would try to hurt the nominee's chances before they even got to committee. when harry reid went on to the floor in the midst of this nuclear debate, they talked about how half of the cloture motions have come under president obama's term. which is a startling statistic. i think from 1917 through 1960, only 4 cloture motions were ever invoked the past 13 years. were ever invoked. the past 13 years, the number is 280. >> these n
we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. if you look back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it look like? >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. for district nominees, they have waited around 100 days. three times the wait time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer...
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harry reid needs to do the same to get this worked out. >> some of the headlines from our poll, among the bigger be numbers is this idea that house republicans, the perception of house republicans are putting their own agenda over what's good for the country. 70% overall. 40% of republicans. how do you respond to a number like that. >> clearly the media is not going to get out all the things going on. when you look at what it's about, it's not about a partisan fight. the president acknowledged that there is serious failings. he issued over 1200 waivers. we have been asking for fairness. don't just give a break to big business and members of congress. make it apply to everybody. if it has problems, go and address the problems and get the economy moving again. >> did you guys make a mistake by not entering into a larger budget when the opportunity was there? you could have appointed that and even the negotiations that started before funding ran out. you have been calling for negotiations in the last couple of weeks. you could have forced formal negotiations. is that a mistake. >> paul r
harry reid needs to do the same to get this worked out. >> some of the headlines from our poll, among the bigger be numbers is this idea that house republicans, the perception of house republicans are putting their own agenda over what's good for the country. 70% overall. 40% of republicans. how do you respond to a number like that. >> clearly the media is not going to get out all the things going on. when you look at what it's about, it's not about a partisan fight. the president...
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harry reid's got to come back with the votes to ping it back to the house. then you'll have to reach an agreement on spending levels on the cr. you know, i worked in the house in the 1990s, republicans back then were not very excited about increasing the debt ceiling back then. this is always a difficult vote. they got to find a way to get the votes here. >> but what does boehner do, the speaker of the house, if he has to decide between rejecting the call to kill the affordable health care act or not funding the federal government. how does he deal with that one or the other situation? it isn't about cutting spending, it's about getting rid of one big milestone accomplishment of the president. >> you walk through the process. you give members of the house a vote which they're going to get tomorrow. they're going to vote to defund obama care. send it to the senate. they'll probably reject is that. then they send it back to the house. then you have to reach a combination on the spending levels which is the issue here. it's not whether they're going to defund o
harry reid's got to come back with the votes to ping it back to the house. then you'll have to reach an agreement on spending levels on the cr. you know, i worked in the house in the 1990s, republicans back then were not very excited about increasing the debt ceiling back then. this is always a difficult vote. they got to find a way to get the votes here. >> but what does boehner do, the speaker of the house, if he has to decide between rejecting the call to kill the affordable health...
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harry reid's getting ready to meet with reporters. history made in washington, d.c. [ male announcer ] when you have sinus pressure and pain, you feel...congested. beat down. crushed. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. powerful sinus relief. sudafed. open up. >>> senate majority leader harry reid speaking to reporter disease fending his decision to use the so-called nuclear option to change the rules of the games on obama administration nominees. let's listen in. >> this is not a time for celebration. it's a time for being very serious. for too long washington has been in gridlock, gridlock, gridlock. the american people are sick of this. we're sick of it. is it any wonder how people look at congress? so as i said a little while ago, enough is enough. and, new york i'm not here talking about how clean we are and how dirty they are or vice versa, when it comes to what's gone on in the senate floor, there's a lot of blame to go around. but the obstruction we've seen from republicans
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this time harry reid is involved with mitch mcconnell. what do we anticipate happening during the course of today. >> was we speak, president obama has been out making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with youngsters at this food pantry in d.c. to try to highlight some of the effects of the shutdown and to show many of the volunteers at this pantry are furloughed workers, folks who have not been working and using their time for a good cause. i think he's trying to kind of maybe some folks don't always have a ton of sympathy for government workers but he's certainly trying to show some there, as well. he will took this opportunity to really i think ratchet up a little bit of pressure on the house of representatives. he said there is some progress on the senate side. he said, but he also called the government shutdown completely unnecessary. he acknowledged, as well that there are certainly differences. and he said we stand a good chance, this is not a quote but just sort of broad strokes when he said we stand a good chance of defaulting
this time harry reid is involved with mitch mcconnell. what do we anticipate happening during the course of today. >> was we speak, president obama has been out making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with youngsters at this food pantry in d.c. to try to highlight some of the effects of the shutdown and to show many of the volunteers at this pantry are furloughed workers, folks who have not been working and using their time for a good cause. i think he's trying to kind of maybe some...
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these are the people that harry reid works with on a daily basis, my exclusive interview with harry reid is coming up next. plus, i need to tell you that senator rand paul has responded, kind of, on our recent reporting of rand paul plagiarizing some of his speeches. that is coming up. >>> when congress finally voted to reopen the government after a 16-day shutdown, that cost the economy in excess of $20 billion. but congress finally voted to reopen the government after 16 days. they voted also not to hit the debt ceiling on the very last day that it was possible to avoid hitting it. and the official history of what happened in washington that night they took those votes is that the adults in the republican party finally took over, right? the moderates, can we call them moderates? the republicans who at least decided not to self-inflict a nationwide and potentially a world-wide economic catastrophe were allowed to cast their votes accordingly. so those votes were taken and we did not default on our debt and the catastrophe was avoided. we avoided the catastrophically destructive act beca
these are the people that harry reid works with on a daily basis, my exclusive interview with harry reid is coming up next. plus, i need to tell you that senator rand paul has responded, kind of, on our recent reporting of rand paul plagiarizing some of his speeches. that is coming up. >>> when congress finally voted to reopen the government after a 16-day shutdown, that cost the economy in excess of $20 billion. but congress finally voted to reopen the government after 16 days. they...
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majority leader harry reid: >> there's really some wrangling among the ranks. not only among the republicans in the house, but now we have
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but he's not always going to get his way and neater will harry reid. >> harry reid has said he's been seeking to go to conference -- >> not on a single appropriations bill. he's talking about the budget which outlines the overall spending but specifically on appropriations, which is the issue here, harry reid hasn't passed a bill in four years. do your work, senate, and let's get this figured out. >> tim huelskamp, thanks for your time, sir. >>> earlier monday the president phoned top leaders including harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi and john boehner. last night on the house floor boehner did an impression of how it went. >> i didn't come here to shut down the government. how do we give a break to all the big businesses out there and yet stick our constituents with a bill that they don't want and a bill they can't afford? that's what this fight's all about. i talked to the president earlier tonight. i'm not going to negotiate. i'm not going to negotiate. i'm not going to do this. well, i would say to the president, this is not about me and it's not about republicans here in
but he's not always going to get his way and neater will harry reid. >> harry reid has said he's been seeking to go to conference -- >> not on a single appropriations bill. he's talking about the budget which outlines the overall spending but specifically on appropriations, which is the issue here, harry reid hasn't passed a bill in four years. do your work, senate, and let's get this figured out. >> tim huelskamp, thanks for your time, sir. >>> earlier monday the...
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>> that's surrender. >> your surrender because that will really get obama's attention and harry reid's attention and force them to the table. >> well, those are things they already agreed to congressman. >> i'm just very glad -- i'm just very glad the revolutionaries in 1776 didn't take up your plan because if they thought they would lose and therefore not get into the battle, then we wouldn't be here today. that is a loser's plan. >> so you say shut down the government again, let's do it all again but this time just stick to it? >> if that's what it takes to stand on principle and win, yes. absolutely. >> mark, does that make any sense to you? >> i see it as clawing your way to the bottom. i don't think it makes any sense at all -- >> well, mark -- >> i think we should adopt a different approach. >> yeah. well, mark, i hate to tell you that but may way won for 12 years. we did some pretty amazing things with five margins fighting against really all odds but we won. our way we lose all the time. >> but congressman, it does sound like you're painting what just occurred here as a victory
>> that's surrender. >> your surrender because that will really get obama's attention and harry reid's attention and force them to the table. >> well, those are things they already agreed to congressman. >> i'm just very glad -- i'm just very glad the revolutionaries in 1776 didn't take up your plan because if they thought they would lose and therefore not get into the battle, then we wouldn't be here today. that is a loser's plan. >> so you say shut down the...
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i don't think that harry reid should shut down the government. the house of representatives did something significant, which is they passed a bill to make clear that regardless of what happens the men and women of our military -- they should be paid. that passed unanimously in the house. and listen, right now, harry reid and president obama had been essentially holding the military hostage, threatening their paychecks over this potential shutdown. they might force. i think regardless of what happened we should pass the bill. we should not have a shutdown, which means harry reid has to move off his absolutist position. you have been multiple compromises from the republicans, and can you tell me what the democrats have done to compromise -- >> but what has he done -- as i outlined before, you have lost ground from even the summer on the position of getting people to vote with you. you lost ground from that position and you haven't persuaded one democrat. you have got to be democrats if you're going to overturn this thing. >> well, actually, joe man
i don't think that harry reid should shut down the government. the house of representatives did something significant, which is they passed a bill to make clear that regardless of what happens the men and women of our military -- they should be paid. that passed unanimously in the house. and listen, right now, harry reid and president obama had been essentially holding the military hostage, threatening their paychecks over this potential shutdown. they might force. i think regardless of what...
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mitch mcconnell and harry reid cut from very similar cloths in the way that you just, you don't pick a fight with them unless you really feel like you want to get into a knife fight. you know it will be that. that they will pick you apart. mitch mcconnell will be somebody who is going to fight for that. fight for that job and he is a tough political operator. and there is no other reason why you get to be someplace like being senate minority leader without having a tough skin. >> thank you. now let me bring in nbc justice correspondent pete williams with more. as i understand it, there has to be a formal request made to the fbi to investigate? you obviously know this better than anyone. what is the procedure here for the fbi or any federal investigators to get involved here? >> well, they've done it. they've called the u.s. attorney in louisville. and a federal official says that the fbi is looking into these allegations. tamron, there are three legal questions here. who made the tape? who disclosed the tape? then the question of legal liability for mother jones magazine. if nobody t
mitch mcconnell and harry reid cut from very similar cloths in the way that you just, you don't pick a fight with them unless you really feel like you want to get into a knife fight. you know it will be that. that they will pick you apart. mitch mcconnell will be somebody who is going to fight for that. fight for that job and he is a tough political operator. and there is no other reason why you get to be someplace like being senate minority leader without having a tough skin. >> thank...
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harry reid appears to go to an early vote. there was never an attempt to make this a real filibuster to challenge. once the 13 people said they were going to filibuster, ackground checks, that was challenge. ok, let's go to the mattresses. 60 days, 60 nights like we did on civil rights and make them stand up and defend that position. instead of allowing it to .ecome a pressure thing the sponsors said if the nra had not scored this and said this is what they're going to make their graydon, 15 senators would have voted differently. i do not know if he is right. . i think that tells you something. he said iforning this vote had taken place in january instead of april, it would have been a different story. because it dragged out it became the bloomberg-obama background check. when that happened, it never had a chance. >> timing means a lot. i am not sure whether republicans, any republicans will pay a price for this, or any democrats. i think charles had it right. it is a one issue vote for people who view their gun rights is thre
harry reid appears to go to an early vote. there was never an attempt to make this a real filibuster to challenge. once the 13 people said they were going to filibuster, ackground checks, that was challenge. ok, let's go to the mattresses. 60 days, 60 nights like we did on civil rights and make them stand up and defend that position. instead of allowing it to .ecome a pressure thing the sponsors said if the nra had not scored this and said this is what they're going to make their graydon, 15...
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we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it look like gecko >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. nominees, they have waited around 100 days. times the weight time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer wait time from court approval. the difference was the senate democrats had it different strategy mixing the process up. they would try to hurt the nominee's chances before they even got to committee. reid went on to the this in the midst of nuclear debate, they talked about how half of the cloture motions have come under president obama's term. which is a startling statistic. think only for cloture motions were ever invoked the past 13 years. were on theinees floor and they had to bring this to a vote? >> right. they nominated what they thought would be the best candidate
we heard from mitch mcconnell and harry reid. back and the rate of approval in terms of nominees comparing to the george w bush administration, what does it look like gecko >> president obama's nominees have seen a wait time of around 140 days. under george w. bush, those same nominees saw a wait time about a quarter of that amount. nominees, they have waited around 100 days. times the weight time of george w. bush's nominees. you have seen significantly longer wait time from court...
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harry reid will look to amend the bill stripping it of any language to defund obama care. yesterday the president's health care plan remained the center of attention on capitol hill as the criticism of senator ted cruz's pseudofilibuster conned through the ranks of the republican party. >> i don't think ever in the history of the senate have we had a 21-hour filibuster and then the person carrying out the filibuster voted for the issue they were filibustering. y'all have sent out releases and e-mails and want everybody to be able to watch. it doesn't seem to me that's in our nation's interest. >> why is harry reid going to vote the same way you're proposing to vote? why is every democrat going to vote the way you're proposing to vote? >> you voted in favor of the thing you're filibustering. it seems to me that they are very similar. >> senator corker's exchange prompted this tweet from the conservative club for growth. "senator corker became a democrat just now on the senate floor." the bill goes back to the house today where lawmakers there will have to accept the senate'
harry reid will look to amend the bill stripping it of any language to defund obama care. yesterday the president's health care plan remained the center of attention on capitol hill as the criticism of senator ted cruz's pseudofilibuster conned through the ranks of the republican party. >> i don't think ever in the history of the senate have we had a 21-hour filibuster and then the person carrying out the filibuster voted for the issue they were filibustering. y'all have sent out releases...
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>> there is no reason to believe that harry reid will screw this up. when he has the power back in his hands -- >> and he is found in negotiating these things ever. >> i have been saying that biden disappeared and now we find out reid won't let him in the building. >> he cut a bad deal the first two times around. >> andrew was talking about something two weeks ago. i cannot get it out of my mind. i want to thank our panel. that does it for this edition of "ac360 later." shutdown showdown with jake tapper starts right now. >>> tonight, a cnn special. >> very optimistic. >> i share his optimism. >> >> after two weeks of paralysis. >> there's a deal to be had here. >> there's finally movement. but the clock is still running down. >> if we don't start making real progress in the house and the senate we stand a good chance of defaulting. >> will the house rank and file play ball? don't count on it. >> if there are no systemic changes to the debt i would vote no. >> our guest a republican lawmaker from a swing district. >> jeff denham shut down our governmen
>> there is no reason to believe that harry reid will screw this up. when he has the power back in his hands -- >> and he is found in negotiating these things ever. >> i have been saying that biden disappeared and now we find out reid won't let him in the building. >> he cut a bad deal the first two times around. >> andrew was talking about something two weeks ago. i cannot get it out of my mind. i want to thank our panel. that does it for this edition of...
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if harry reid kills that, harry reid is responsible for shutting down the government, and he should listen to the american people, open the government, fund the government, but don't fund obamacare, because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. >> a total line of bull. right out of a texas field. along with all the droppings. make no mistake. harry reid should take absolutely no blame if the government shuts down. if there is a government shutdown, all the blame is going to be solely on ted cruz and his radical tea party friends. missouri senator claire mccaskill said cruz is throwing a bunch of americans under the bus for his own political gain and conversation. >> i cannot believe that they are going to throw a tantrum and throw the american people and our economic recovery under the bus. this is about running for a president with ted cruz. this isn't about meaningful statesmanship. >> this is where it gets interesting. and highly unusual. it's not just democrats who are fuming at cruz right now. many republicans think cruz's reckless behavior will eventually hurt the party
if harry reid kills that, harry reid is responsible for shutting down the government, and he should listen to the american people, open the government, fund the government, but don't fund obamacare, because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. >> a total line of bull. right out of a texas field. along with all the droppings. make no mistake. harry reid should take absolutely no blame if the government shuts down. if there is a government shutdown, all the blame is going to...
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these are the people that harry reid works with on a daily basis, my exclusive interview with harry reid is coming up next. plus, i need to tell you that senator rand paul has responded, kind of, on our recent reporting of rand paul plagiarizing some of his speeches. that is coming up. ♪ at any minute... ...you could be a victim of fraud. most people don't even know it. fraud could mean lower credit scores, higher loan rates... ...and maybe not getting the car you want. it's a problem waiting to happen. check your credit score, check your credit report, at experian.com america's number one provider of online credit reports and scores. don't take chances. go to experian.com. >>> when congress finally voted to reopen the government after a 16-day shutdown, that cost the economy in excess of $20 billion. but congress finally voted to reopen the government after 16 days. they voted also not to hit the debt ceiling on the very last day that it was possible to avoid hitting it. and the official history of what happened in washington that night they took those votes is that the adults in the
these are the people that harry reid works with on a daily basis, my exclusive interview with harry reid is coming up next. plus, i need to tell you that senator rand paul has responded, kind of, on our recent reporting of rand paul plagiarizing some of his speeches. that is coming up. ♪ at any minute... ...you could be a victim of fraud. most people don't even know it. fraud could mean lower credit scores, higher loan rates... ...and maybe not getting the car you want. it's a problem waiting...
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harry reid just said at the conclusion of that almost 22-hour session of bloefuation, i don't think we learned anything. did you learn anything, luke? has anyone on capitol hill learned anything? >> yeah, this is something, alex, that everybody has an opinion on, but if you talk to the majority on it, both sides, privately, democrats say they love this. let ted cruz as long as he can because then they can stick the government shutdown solely on him. you saw harry reid making the point, i want to get this over to the house as quickly as possible to figure out a solution here. democrats are more than happy to say the obstructionist ted cruz delayed the funding of the government all in the name of trying to defund a law that's going to move forward. they love this. republicans i've spoken to, majority of them can't stand this. you're setting up a civil war within the republican party. you have mitch mcconnell, who's actively been trying to court the tea party his entire re-election campaign in direct opposition to ted cruz. yesterday it went pretty unnoticed that the chairman of the rnc s
harry reid just said at the conclusion of that almost 22-hour session of bloefuation, i don't think we learned anything. did you learn anything, luke? has anyone on capitol hill learned anything? >> yeah, this is something, alex, that everybody has an opinion on, but if you talk to the majority on it, both sides, privately, democrats say they love this. let ted cruz as long as he can because then they can stick the government shutdown solely on him. you saw harry reid making the point, i...
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the president's in charge and harry reid in charge of the senate. you'd thought we're in charge of everything, apparently. we're not. the president needs to show leadership. the house already sent forth proposals, sitting on harry reid's desk, he's done absolutely nothing to bring this to a head. he'll put a bill up with a great title, went be what we want and force you do it, and, by the way, blame the republicans when it doesn't happen, and then they get to it after, obviously, the march 1 #st deadline. lou: military pay will not be affected by sequester. there's the prospect of possible rolling furloughs, one day a week, several effects that civilian employees, a great number of them in the rlling fiduciary row situation, if it does, in fact, occur. the idea of a sequester turns out to have been -- it seems to me, a monumental misjudgment on the part of both parties and the president, and i can't believe we are sitting here march 1st, and neither the republican or the leadership says this is a stupid idea, and the only people with the power to co
the president's in charge and harry reid in charge of the senate. you'd thought we're in charge of everything, apparently. we're not. the president needs to show leadership. the house already sent forth proposals, sitting on harry reid's desk, he's done absolutely nothing to bring this to a head. he'll put a bill up with a great title, went be what we want and force you do it, and, by the way, blame the republicans when it doesn't happen, and then they get to it after, obviously, the march 1...
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as you and i are talking harry reid is addressing the group right now. let's talk this through, john. isn't it somewhat disingenuous for some legislators to say, "i don't want a government shut down", but they do things that lead to a shutdown. that's the equivalent of eating 20,000 calories and saying, "i don't want to gain weight", if you do something like that, you'll gain weight. actions are leading to a government shutdown. it's disingenuous to say, "i don't want a government shutdown", if you do things that lead to a gridlock. >> the problem is the way the constituencies are in, that have been operated and the boundaries changed, some are in safe seats. they feel comfortable and able to say and do things that won't lead to them or their colleagues losing their seats. others are more panic stricken about that. at the end of the day what is driving them, of course, is the people in the constituencies and the people funding them, and they have to fall into line with those people for as long as they can, until the 11th hour comms. we see this time and
as you and i are talking harry reid is addressing the group right now. let's talk this through, john. isn't it somewhat disingenuous for some legislators to say, "i don't want a government shut down", but they do things that lead to a shutdown. that's the equivalent of eating 20,000 calories and saying, "i don't want to gain weight", if you do something like that, you'll gain weight. actions are leading to a government shutdown. it's disingenuous to say, "i don't want a...
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president obama and harry reid will scream that the learns are threatening to shut down obamacare. we need to stand up and win the argument. we have to stand up and say no, we want to keep the government open, we voted to keep the government open, to fund the government, why is president obama threatening the shut obamacare down? we need 41 republicans in the senate or 318 republicans in the house. and you know what? this fights is likely to heat up in the month of september. that's going to be when the battle is engaged. i'm convinced there's a new paragon in politics that actually has washington have uncomfortable, and that paradigm is the rise of the grass roots, the demand of the grass roots base to demand that their government do the ligright thin. offensive we see a grass roots tsunami, that's going to cause republicans and democrats to listen to the people. >> but it's going to take a tsunami? >> it's going to take a tsunami and i'm going to do everything i can to encourage that tsunami. >> what about the law? this has been put into law. this is the argument on the other sid
president obama and harry reid will scream that the learns are threatening to shut down obamacare. we need to stand up and win the argument. we have to stand up and say no, we want to keep the government open, we voted to keep the government open, to fund the government, why is president obama threatening the shut obamacare down? we need 41 republicans in the senate or 318 republicans in the house. and you know what? this fights is likely to heat up in the month of september. that's going to be...